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Burley Design (previously Burley Design Cooperative) LLC is a company in
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that has produced outdoor family products since 1978. Its blue and yellow children's bicycle trailers were among the first on sale, in the early 1980s. In the past, Burley also made
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tandem bicycle A tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle (occasionally a tricycle) designed to be ridden by more than one person. The term tandem refers to the seating arrangement (fore to aft, not side by side), not the number of riders. Patents relat ...
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recumbent bicycle A recumbent bicycle is a bicycle that places the rider in a laid-back reclining position. Most recumbent riders choose this type of design for ergonomic reasons: the rider's weight is distributed comfortably over a larger area, supported by ba ...
s, and rain gear. Burley was run as a
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from its inception until June 2006, when the company converted to a private corporation. In September 2006, Burley Design was purchased by Eugene businessman Michael Coughlin.Schoening, Joel. (2010)
The Rise and Fall of Burley Design Cooperative
''Oregon Historical Quarterly'', 111:3, 312–341. Accessed November 30, 2010.
Production of bicycles and apparel ended that month, and the company turned to child, adventure, and pet trailers.


Trailers

* d'lite ST...Smart Transport New for 2009 * Solo ST...Smart Transport New for 2009 * d'lite * Solo * Cub * Encore * Honey Bee * Bee * Nomad * Flatbed * Tail Wagon * Rover * Travoy (Urban Trailer System) New for 2010


Trailercycles

* Piccolo (attaches to Moose Rack, not seatpost) * Kazoo (similar to Piccolo, but a single speed)


Upright bicycles (no longer in production)

* Hudson * Vagabond * McKenzie * Sahalie * Wolf Creek * Fox Hollow * Pine Grove * Harlow * Runabout


Tandem bicycles (no longer in production)

* Duet * Rock 'N Roll * Rumba * Paso Doble * Bossa Nova * Tamberello * Zydeco * Samba, mountain bike * Bongo, mountain bike


Recumbent bicycles (no longer in production)

* Jett Creek - LWB * Koosah - LWB * Spider - LWB * Nasoke - LWB * Hepcat - SWB * Django - SWB * Canto - LWB * Sand Point - LWB


See also

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Bike Friday Bike Friday is a manufacturer of folding, small-wheeled bicycles that is headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The company was founded in 1992 by brothers Alan Scholz and Hanz Scholz. By 2018, it employed 22 people and manufactured fra ...
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List of bicycle part manufacturing companies This article lists bicycle part manufacturers and brands past and present. For a list of bicycle manufacturers, see list of bicycle manufacturers. 0-9 * 3T Cycling A * Atala (company) * Avid- owned by SRAM Corporation B *Baisikeli Ugunduzi * ...
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List of companies based in Oregon This is a list of companies based in Oregon. Oregon is the ninth largest by area and the 27th most populous of the 50 United States. The gross domestic product (GDP) of Oregon in 2010 was $168.6 billion; it is the United States's 26th wealthies ...


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Official website
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